“Yes! Are you so ignorant of your imperial history, Din? The bastard quotes the emperor himself!” “He does?” I said, puzzled. “I thought the statement was Sen sez imperiya, rather than—” “Oh, damn it all!” she fumed. Then she cleared her throat and appeared to recite from memory: “And thus the emperor said to his advisers, ‘We have seen many empires fall, for they did not extend past the breath of their emperors. They decayed, and grew unjust. If I wish this new empire to last, I should not declare to my people that I am the Empire. Rather, I should say to them, You are the Empire. And with
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